Improvement in clothes-wringers



UNITED STATE EIJBEET A. `COEEIN AND EEEMANN ALBEECHT, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PA.

IMPROVEMENT INCLOTHESWRNGERS.

Sl'xeciicati'on forming part o f Letters PatentNo. MMLQQ'E), dated June 24, 1873; application filou March 11, 1,873.

' No. 112,669 were granted to August Albrecht March 14, 1871, and reissued (No. 5,261) January. 28, 187 3.

The objects of our present .improvements are, rst, to insure `a. firm attachment of the machine to the edge ot the t-nb, and, second,

to impart increased steadiness to the frame.

The first object we attain by means ot' a pla-te, d, hung loosely to each frame, so as to accommodate itself to the edge ot' the tub B, which, by means ot' a screw, h, is grped by and between the said loose plate and the leg j' ot' the frame, all as shown in the side view, Figure 1. ot' the accompanying drawing. The second object we attain by a cross-bar, H, which onnects the opposite frames together, as shown in the vertical section, Fig. 2.

As regards the, general character ot the frame-work, the levers 1), and the springs E situated between the i'ulcrulns ot' the levers and the roller Ur, our improved wringer is very similar to that described in the said. reissued patent ot' August Albrecht.

The plate d bel'ore referred to as heilig loosely hung to each frame is, in the present instance, so connected to a fixed rod, q, in a recess of the said frame that it can slide to and fro, as' well as vibrate freely thereon, and hence can accommodate itsclt' to the side ot' `.the tub B, shown by dotted lilies in Fig. 1, when the screw/1 is tightened, the extended surface of the plate insuring a firm hold ot' the machine on the tub.

In the said reisaiual patent the opposite frames were connected together throughvtfnc medium of the rollers only, but we' have found that increased steadiness can be attained by a light cross-bar, H, one end of which is confined between the rubber spring E and. lever l) ot' one frame, and the opposite end between the spring and lever ot' the opposite frame, no preparation being made to secure the bar other than a. slight projection, z, on each lever adapted to a hole in the bar..

lhe dirty oil which, in ordinary wringers, esca-pes from the bearings frequently soils the clothes, an evil which we lobviate by the use` otwood bearings, illustrated in Figf, these .bearings being so prepared. by boiling inoil r its equivalent, or ina mixture of oil and para-Eline, that no other lubrication is required for the journals of the rollers than alittle soap and water, which can. be taken from the washtub and applied t'roi'n time to time. l

The inclination ot' the leg j" is such in respcct to a line, y, drawn through the centers ot' the rollers that. when the machine is clamped to the tub, the rollers will project sofar toward the interior ot' the same that the splashing ot water and suds over the edge of the tub is prevented.`

lVe claim as our invention- 1. A clothes-wringer in which a plate, d, to be acted on by a screw,is hung loosely to and arranged to slide t'rcel y on each frame, and is combined with the jaws ot' thc saine, as and for thc purpose set forth.

A2. The combination with the opposite fra-mes and levers ot' a cross'bar, 1I, conlined at the ends, substantially in the manner described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specitication in the presence of /two subscribing witnesses.

E. A. CORBIN. XVitnesses: HERMANN ALBR-EUHT.

WM. A. STEEL, .lonN K. RUPEnTUs. 

